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NO.  1--A  VISION  WHICH  MOSES  CHASE  SAW  IN  1849. 


In  the  year  1849,  I,  Moses  Chase,  had  a  vision.  I  saw  that  I  was  stand 
ing  upon  a  moderately  elevated  ridge  of  land,  and  I  was  facing  the  east; 
and  saw  the  Moon  —  it  was  about  two  hours  high,  and  about  the  last  quarter. 
It  shone  with  great  splendor,  so  much  so,  that  I  gaged  upon  it  with  admi 
ration,  and  while  I  was  looking  at  it  I  saw  it  separate  and  there  were  two 
half  Moons  a  few  yards  apart  ;  then  I  wondered  with  great  admiration,  and 
while  I  was  wondering  what  it  meant,  suddenly  both  half  Moons  became 
two  flaming  swords,  the  hilts  were  up  and  the  long  red  and  wide  blades 
were  pointing  down  towards  the  earth;  and  then  I  wondered  with  still 
greater  admiration  what  could  all  these  things  mean  ;  and  while  I  was  look 
ing  at  it,  I  heard  a  sound  like  a  tornado  coming  from  the  north  towards  tho 
south  ;  and  as  it  drew  near  it  roared  louder  and  louder  ;  and  as  it  came 
along  it  struck  a  CapitoL  or  Government  house  and  took  the  entire  roof  off 
the  north  side,  and  it  went  down  against  the  tornado  and  struck  the  grouud 
and  bounded  up,  and  then  the  awful  tornado  took  it  and  dashed  it  all  to 
shivers;'  and  it  went  past  me,  and  was  carried  up  into  thick  blackness  and 
darkness,  never  more  to  be  seen  again.  As  the  tornado  passed  on  by  me 
it  barely  grazed  my  feet  and  ancles,  but  did  not  throw  me  down. 

No.  2.—  THE  WORD  OF  THE  LORD. 

The  word  of  the  Lord  that  came  unto  the  Patriarch  Moses,  an  Israelite  of  the  tribe 
of  Joseph,  and  of  the  lineage  of  his  son  Ephraim,  on  the  fourteenth  day  of  the  second 
month,  called  February,  in  the  year  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  fifty*eight,  at  the 
time  when  James  Buchanan  was  President  of  the  United  States  of  North  America. 

Behold  !  0  ye  people  of  this  generation  ! 

Thus  saith  the  Lord,  the  almighty  God  of  Israel  —  The  Famine,  the  Pes 
tilence,  and  the  Sword  are  close  upon  thee. 


No.  3.—  A  VISION. 

A.  *  vision  which  the  Patriarch,  MOSES  CHASE,  saw  and  htard  concerning  the 


Qi.government  of  the  United  States  of  North  America,  and  the  several  States 
individually,  on  the  third  day  of  the  twelfth  month,  called  December,  in 
the  yeaf^Qjie,  Thousand  Eight  Hundred  and  Fifty-eight.  *  * 

The  vision  of  tk$  Almighty  came  upon  me  ;  and  while  T  was  awake,  with 
my  eyes  shut,  I  saw,  evidently  in  vision,  (a)  a  very  large  and  exceedingly 
lofty  tree,  which  exalted  itself  (6)  above  all  the  (c)  trees  of  the  forest;  and 
the  roots  were  many,  and  some  of  them  were  very  large  and  strong,  and  the 
appearance  of  the  tree  was  like  unto  H.^)  Columbia  poplar  ;  and  near  unto 
it  were  standing  a  number  of  (e)  smaller1  trees  of  different  sizes,  and  there 
was  one  of  them  (/)  had  a  large  and  heavy  top,  which  leaned  towards  the 
South  ;  and  another  of  them  was  (g)  an  exceedingly,  ill-favoured  tree,  which 
exalted  itself  (h)  above  the  large  and  exceeding  lofty  tree.  And  I  was 
commanded  to  go  up  into  the  large  and  lofty-  tree*  and  s^eak  unto  it,  and 
unto  the  other  trees,  —  and,  where  you  eannijjgo,  there  shall  you  send,  — 
and  say  unto  them,  "You  have  exalted  your^Iyes  above  measure,  therefore 
come  down,  in  meekness  and  humility,  before  the  Lord,  and  repenXof  all 
your  sins  and  transgressions,  and  be  baptized  /or  the  remission  of  your  siii^. 
by  men  who  are  called  of  God,  and  are  ordiined  unto  that  authority,  and 


have  hands  laid  on  you  for  the  gift  of  the  Holy  Ghost,  by  men  who  are 
called  of  God,  and  arc  ordained  unto  that  authority,  and  receive  the  ful 
ness  of  my  gospel  which  I  have  sent  unto  you  :  and  keep  all  my  command 
ments,  and  ye  shall  be  numbered  with  my  covenant  people,  which  are  of  the 
house  of  Israel."  And  if  ye  do  these  things,  ye  shall  not  be  hewn  down 
and  cast  into  the  fire ;  but,  if  yo  do  not  these  things,  ye  shall  be  brought 
down,  for  ye  shall  sever  the  union,  and  set  up  two  governments  upon  the 
land,  and  ye  shall  take  the  sward,  and  shall  kill  one  another. 

Behold!  0  ye  ambassadors  of  foreign  nations!  Cursed  shall  be  the  na 
tion  that  shall  interfere  with  either  of  the  governments  that  shall  be  set  up 
upon  this  land,  to  help  or  assist  one  of  them  to  overthrow  and  destroy  tho 
other;  for  they  shall  bo  drawn  into  the  vortex,  nation  after  nation,  and 
kingdom  after  kingdom;  ami  they  shall  wade  through  blood  and  carnage, 
with  the  curse  of  the  Almighty  God  upon  them ;  and  they  shall  reel  to  and 
fro  like  drunken  men,  and  they  shall  stagger  and  fall,  and  shall  never  rise 
again . 

And  from  the  time  of  the  vision  unto  the  consummation  and  the  end 
thereof,  when  that  which  is  determined  shall  be  poured  upon  the  desolator, 
there  shall  be  three  score  years ;  and  seven  years,  according  to  the  years  of 
an  hireling.  And  between  these  two  terminating  points  shall  be  the  (?')  end. 


(a)  The  United  States  Government. 
(6)  In  pride  and  grandeur.' 
Nations  of  the  earth. 


(c) 
(d) 


Located  at  the  District  of  Columbia 


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(/)  Pennsylvania. 
)  South  Carolina. 


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By  rebellion. 


(i)  Full  end  of  all  nations. 


)  State  governments, 
here  theie  is  no  vision  the  people  perish — PBOV.  xxix;  18. 

[First  edition  of  this  issued  February,  l*.')9.     Second  edition,  April,, 
This  third  edition,  February  14, 


1661.] 


No.  4.—  A  DREAM. 

lMtiMre.Dtc.-2X.rn*. 

'Last  night,  I,  Moses  Chase,  had  a  dream  concerning  a  great  convention 
at  Boston,  to  discuss  the  matter  of  severing  the  Union  ;  and  oae  of  the  del- 
gate's  name  was  Robertson,  (or  something  like  it;)  and  there  were  great 
words  spoken;  an  I  South  Carolina  rebelled  and  decided  the  question  against 
-the  north,  and  cut  off  all  intercourse  with  it.  ^»*^l 

N.  B.-  -The  consumption  that  is  determined  upon  the  whole  earth  will 
commence  at  the  rebellion  o/  South  Carolina,  which  "the  L»rd  says  will 
eventually.  terminate  in  the  death  and  misery  of  many  souls." 

No.  5.—  A  DREAM. 

Baltimore,  April,  1860. 

[,  Moses  Cha>e,  had  a  dream  concerning  the  Presidential  election  which 
will  take  place  this  year;  and  this  is  the  dream:  —  The  Black  Republicans 
(as  they  are  called)  will  get  the  day  and  will  keep  it  a  thousand  years. 

N.  B.  —  It  is  nothing  but  a  dream,  and  whether  it  is  prophetic  or  not,  I 
do  not  know.  The  Lord  says  that  the  prophet  that  hath  a  dream  let  him 
tell  a  dream,  (JER.  xxiii;  28.)  and  he  that  hath  my  word  let  him  speak  my 
word  faithfully.  What  is  tfj^chaif  to  the  wheat?  saith  the  Lord. 


A  VISION. 

Baltimore,  Dec.  6,  I860. 
Last  night,  I,  Moses  Chasfe,  saw  in  a  vision,  a  great  number  of  living 


creatures,  (see  ACTS  x;  11,  12,)  many  of  them  were  such  as  [  never  *aw 
before — they  were  a  representation  of  aji  the  gentile*  governments-of  men 
upon  the  face  of  the  earth — and  they  were  collected  together  in  a  great 
mass,  and  there  appeared  to  bo  great  commotion  and  confusion  among  them. 
L  did  not  know  the  object  of  all  tnis  until  I  heard  it  announ-ced  that  they 
had  come  to  the  conclusion  to  destroy  one  another.  When  they  commenced 
I  saw  that  the  uppermost  one  (a)  was  exalted  above  all  the  others,  and  that 
it  was  white,  and  had  more  light  than  all  of  them  ;  and  presently  i  saw  that 
the  upper  one  had  lost  a  part  of  itd  white  substance,  and  then  1  saw  the 
great  mass  moving  through  and  through  and  against  each  other;  and  some 
of  the  small  (6)  creatures  were  about  my  feet,  and  I  commenced  stamping 
upon  them  with  my  right  foot,  and  when  I. thought  I  had  Crushed  them  1 
commenced  wiping  my  foot  by  drawing  the  bottom  of  my  shoe  upon  the 
ground;  and  when  I  thought  that  I  had  wiped  off  all  the  crushed  matter,  1 
gave  one  heavy  stamp  with  my  foot,  and  saw  a  very  ill-favored  creature  run 
from  my  foot  into  the  great  mass.  It  was  either  a  Lizard  or  an  'Alligator.- 
It  had  the  appearance  and  quick  motion  of  a  Lizard,  but  like  an  Alligator.. 
It  was  a  devourer  of  much  flesh,  and  it  ran  into  the  bottom  of  the  mass. 

About  midway,  and  near  the  bottom  of  this  great  mass  of  living  crea 
tures,  I  saw  one  entirely  different  from  all  the  others ;  its  body  was  small, 
:and  of  a  dark  color,  and  it  had  very  large  and  long  horns,  and  carried  them 
aiearly  perpendicular,  and  wide  apart.  It  Was  very  busy  in  the  mass,  and 
I  struck  at  it  and  it  immediately  went  into  the  mays  and  disappeared  from 
any  .sight. 

(a)  Unitel  States  Government.         |      (b]  State  Governments. 


No.  7.-A  DREAM. 


Baltimore,  Feb.  4,  1861; 

•Last  night,  between  the  hours  of  twelve  and  one  o'clock,  I,  Moses  Chase; 
'dreamed  that  L  was  on  the  top  of  a  steep  hill,  and  1  attempted  to  descend 
by  a  very  narrow  footpath  on  the  eastern  side  of  the  hill,  to  a  deep  valley 
or  gulf  below ;  and  as  I  descended  cautiously  until  I  was  near  the  bottom 
of  the  hill,  where  the  path  was  wet  and  slippery,  my  feet  slipped  and  I  lan 
ded  in  the  valley  below,  .standing  erect  on  my  feet.  I  then  heard  -two 
wagoners  conversing  together  ;  one  of  them  was  from  the  west,  with  a  wagon 
load  of  wheat,  and  the  other  from  the  ea.st.  with  an  empty  wagon,  wanting 
to  purchase  a  load  of  wheat ;  and  he  proposed  to  the  other  to  let  him  liav:ti 
the  wheat,  but  he  objected,  and  said  you  had  better  come  over  with  us,  and 
trade  with  them  who  cultivate  the  wheat.  I  then  heard  one  say  to  the 
other  that  they  had  come  to  the  conclusion  that,  the  whole  electoral  college 
shall  assemble  at  Boston  on  the  (jth  day  of  April,  ,tq  come  to  a  conclusion 
about  the  affairs  of  the  Union.  j  n*f> 

... 

No.  8.— A  DREAM. 

. 

Baltimore,  Feb.  9,  1861,    ' 

Last  night,  I,  Moses  Chase,  had  a  dream  concerning  the  discovery  of  two 
planets;  and  the  astronomers  set  me  as  watchman,  to  watch  the  diurnal 
revolution  of  a  very  small  planet  in  the  north-east,  in  order  that  they  might 
calculate  the  length  of  its  years ;  and  as  I  was  watching,  I  saw  it  had  per 
formed  one  of  its  diurnal  revolutions,  but  it  .was  so.  indistinct  that  I  could 


not  tell  the  exact  time.  It  was  not  only  a  very  small  planet,  but  it  was  not 
/  round,  and  it  was  very  dim— it  had  no  pure  light  about  it.  The  color- of  it 
was  about  the  color  of  a  red  brick,  or  little  more  of  a  blood  red.  And  while 
I  was  watching  for  another  revolution,  and  thought  it  was  about  time  for  it 
to  make  its  appearance,  I  saw  something  like  it,  but  it  was  more  dim  and 
the  time  more  uncertain  than  it  was  before ;  and  while  I  was  looking  with 
great  anxiety,  I  saw  the  other  new  planet  in  the  south-west,  and  it  was  a 
large  planet,  but  it  had  no  light,  it  being  darker  than  the  moon  when 
it  is  in  a  total  eclipse.  I  saw  that  it  was  inhabited  by  venomous  creatures. 
and  they  had  horns  about  as  larg-e  and  as  long  as  an  elephant's  tusk, 

No.  9._A  VISION, 

Baltimore,  Feb.  H,  1861. 

Between  twelve  and  one  o'clock  this  morning,  I,  the  Patriarch,  Me 
Chase,  awoke  from  a  sound  sleep,  and  instantly  I  was  wide  awake,  with 
eyes  open;  and  the  Lord  made  himself  known  to  me  in  a  vision  (NUMBERS^ 
xii;  6,)  and  spoke  many  words  to  me  concerning  aa  electoral  college ;  and  I 
heard  Great  Britain  spoken  of  in  connection  with  a  part  of  it.     I  will  here* 
prelate  one  particular  item  that  I  heard  very  plain  and  distinct..     "When  it 
^shall  be  manifest  to  the  electoral  college  that  the  United  States  cannot  re 
tain  the  Southern  States,  then  shall  the  United  States  cede  to  tke  Southern 
States  the  Forts  and  all  other  property  belonging  to  the  Uaited  Stete.3,. 
within  the  jurisdiction,  of  the  said  Southern  States. 

No.  10,— A  VISION. 

Baltimore,  Feb.  II,  1861. 

Last  night  I  requested  the  Lord  to  open  the  way  for  me  to  have  his  word! 
•  printed  which  he  had  given  to  me  by  visions  and  dreams,  and  after  I  had 
a  vision  this  morning  between  twelve  and  one  o'clock.  I  slept,  and  after 
wards  I  had  another  vision.  I  found  myself  standing  by  and  conversing* 
with  one  of  the  principal  men  connected  with  the  Baltimore  American, 
concerning  the  publishing  of  the  word  of  the  Lord,  which  he  (the  Lord/ 
gave  to  me,  and  he  said  he  would  do  it.  I  then  said  unto  him  febat  if  he- 
would  do  it  witjj  a  pure  heart,  faithfully  as  unto  the  Lord,  that  the  Lord" 
would  shower  down  a  multiplicity  of  blessings  upon  him,  such  as  he  never 
experienced  before ;  (Then  there  oame  down  a  shower  of  rain  such  as  I 
never  saw  before ;  it  was  a  plentiful  shower  of  large  drops,  but  ifc  did  not 
wet  us ;  it  came  from  a  pure  white  light  above ;  there  were  no  clouds  to  be 
seen,  and  the  beauty  and  grandeur  of  the  vegetation  and  all  things  around 
us  were  glorious,  and  it  was  far  beyond  any  thing  that  the  pefc  or  tongue 
can  describe  in  our  language ;)  but  if  he,  in  common  with  other  editors  and 
publishers  of  both  political  and  religious  papers,  and  Governors  of  States 
and  Territories,  and  Ambassadors  of  foreign  nations  reject  it  and  lay  it  not 
before  the  people,  (especially  the  word  of  the  lord  that  oame  to  me  on  the 
14th  day  of  the  second  month,  1858,  and  the  vision  on  the  3d  day  of  the 
twelfth  month,  called  December,  1858,)  that  they  shall  be  cursed  with  a 
multiplicity  of  curses  such  as  they  never  experienced  before  ;  and  these  cur 
ses  I  seal  upon  them  in  the  name  and  by  authority  of  Jesus  the  Great 
King  of  Kings  and  Lord  of  Lords. — Amen. 

Baltimore,  Feb.  14,  1861.  MOSES  CHASE. 


